Homeland Actor to Play Henry VIII for Masterpiece

British actor Damian Lewis, who frustrated viewers as Nicholas Brody on Showtime's Homeland, will next star as Tudor King Henry VIII, reportsDeadline.

He'll star opposite Mark Rylance's Thomas Cromwell in Masterpiece's Wolf Hall, a six-part series based on Hilary Mantel's historical novel that follows Cromwell's rise from the son of a blacksmith to Henry's most trusted advisor.